WIN XP Stop Error Again (Windows XP Home Edition)

Well everyone thanks for your help, BUT, it happened again. I downloaded the driver as you suggested and I unzipped it to C:WindowsSystemNvidia and C:WindowsSystem32Nvidia, and I got the Stop Error message AGAIN only in a different way. I went to Device Manager and told the system to reboot itself if there was a problem instead of showing me the stop error, and so it did in fact delete itself.

The information I received this time was this:
C:WindowsMinidumpMini042503-01.amp and Cocum~1OwnerLocals~1TempWERBV, tmp.dir 00/sysdata.xml

Could this have happened because I went into Control Panel | System | Advanced Tab and set the debugging information to complete memory dump? I went back and set it to none.

Re: WIN XP Stop Error Again (Windows XP Home Edition)

I suppose the answer to that depends upon where you downloaded the updated driver from. Can you post a link to the site? I feel that it would be unusual, although far from impossible, that most manufacturers would post zipped updates as opposed to the self installing type.

At any rate, if it's a zip file, you would need to extract the files to a temporary location and then update the driver using a different method - such as going through device manager and navigating through the properties for the video adapter. Posting the link to the download site would be the most useful as it would provide additional information that may prove helpful.

Self-extracting reference drivers would be available from the Nvidia WIndows XP/2000 web page. These are what I personally use since my Nvidia card is from an off-brand manufacturer that does not customize the video card features or drivers - and they will work on most Nvidia cards as well, with the caveat that OEM cards may lose some functionality.

Re: WIN XP Stop Error Again (Windows XP Home Edition)

This is the site http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=windowsxp_64. It is the same site you sent me to. After I clicked on the download (which is self extracting) then a dialog box comes up saying that it is unzipping the files to C:Nividia. When I open the C:Nividia file there is a folder called WindowsXP_64(22.20). When I open the folder, there are a bunch of .dll files and a setup information icon. I looked inside the setup informatin and received the following:
;
; NVIDIA Windows IA64 Display INF file
; Copyright 1999-2001 NVIDIA Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
;

;
; The Manufacturer section lists all of the manufacturers that we will
; display in the Dialog box. DEVICE sections are specified.
;

[Manufacturer]
%NVidia% = NVidia.Mfg

;
; Device section. Each section here corresponds with an entry listed in the
; [Manufacturer] section, above. The models will be displayed in the order
; that they appear in the INF file. This section identifies
; the corresponding INSTALL sections.
;

So now what? Do I take the files and put them into windowssystem32 and windowssystem32drivers? Because that is what I did the first time I downloaded this mess and I still received an error message but not the first one, my error message was different this time.

Re: WIN XP Stop Error Again (Windows XP Home Edition)

Oy! It looks like the same page - but in fact is the download page for the 64 bit version of Windows XP. Same website - different page. I also noted that the driver you downloaded is a self-extracting ZIP file, which explains why you wound up with all the files scattered about. If you look at the first line of the driver's INF file, it states that it is for Windows IA64 - the Intel Itanium processor, which two or three people currently own. <img src=/S/laugh.gif border=0 alt=laugh width=15 height=15> I'd guess that you are not one of those people.

The drivers you want are 32 bit. They are located at this link: http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=windows2000. The download from here should read 'Self Extracting Installer' and there is a purple box in the center of the page - there is no corresponding purple box on the XP64 page.

Lastly - as a rule of thumb, never, ever copy things into your SYSTEM32 directory unless you either a) know exactly what the file is and what it does or [img]/forums/images/smilies/cool.gif[/img] you are advised to by technical support. Copying the files to those locations will not install them. Windows likely won't know that they are even there but you could overwrite an existing file with dire consequences.

It would be a wise idea to clean out the TEMP directory - delete all the files in it - and then run CHKDSK /F on the system drive. If you go to START - RUN and enter CMD in the box, you can quickly get there by typing CD %TEMP%. Then enter DEL *.* (make sure you are in the correct location!!!!!!!!!) and answer "Y" to the prompt - all the files will be deleted. Type CHKDSK /F, you'll be asked if you want to do this on the next reboot, say yes, and type EXIT. Then reboot and let it do its thing.

Re: WIN XP Stop Error Again (Windows XP Home Edition)

Try it once again:
1. Click Start | All Programs | Accessories | Command Prompt (it is the same as Start | Run and type CMD)
2. In the opened black window with white letters, type:
CD %TEMP%
and hit Enter.
3. Type DIR and hit Enter. Do you see any files listed? If so, you can delete them typing DEL *.*

Re: WIN XP Stop Error Again (Windows XP Home Edition)

Another thing. I went to the Nividia site to the purple box and downloaded the self extracting file. When it was done downloading it said it was unzipping the file to C:Nividia. Is that it? Am I done? Is the new video driver in, or is there another step after it is in C:Nividia?

Can someone let me know.

I am a Help Desk Analyst, but I don't know everything, and this is one of them.